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Welcome to Lynnville ...

Lynnville is located in Lehigh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lynnville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820.

Lynnville is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lynnville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lynnville: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities Also Named Lynnville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Lynnville - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ontario and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lynnville.

Communities near Lynnville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lynnville.

  • Allentown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Emmaus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Northampton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Tamaqua
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Catasauqua
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Palmerton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
  • Lehighton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Kutztown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fountain Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Fountain Hill is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
  • Jim Thorpe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
    • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
    • East Mauch Chunk
    • Mauch Chunk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lynnville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lynnville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lynnville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lynnville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lynnville. See our Newspapers Page for Lynnville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lynnville ...

Looking for more information about Lynnville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lynnville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lynnville.

Adding Lynnville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lynnville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lynnville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lynnville post office opened in 1820. The Lynnville post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lynnville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lehigh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lynnville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Lynnville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Lynnville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/